Re: antianxiety med vs muscle relaxant for pain control????
From: Robin M (rmasse2333@aol.com)
Thu Oct 3 09:49:36 2002
Dear Judy
I have taken a muscle relaxant called Robaxin 750. I really found that
it didn't help me at all. I have been taking Buspar & Paxil for anxiety
& depression for many years & it doesn't seem to help with the pain.
Recently I had my Buspar doubled from 15mg a day to 30mg a day for a
benine tremor and it has not decreased any of my pain. I also feel
though, that anything is worth a try, because you never know what might
help you since everyone reacts differenly to differnt meds.
robin M
At Thu, 3 Oct 2002, judymk wrote:
>
>Hi guys, my GP is trying to help with pain control and she asked what I
>have found that people take that seems to help. I told her I had read
>posts that say anti anxity meds help reduce the pain by decreasing the
>anxiety about the pain (I guess thats how?). She wondered if valium (a
>muscle relaxant) would be better to relax the muscles. I told her I
>hadn't read anyone taking valium but I would put it in the board and see
>if someone had experience or ideas with either. Thanks so much. Judy